Mohammed bin Salman has targeted his uncle and his cousin out of fear they might prevent him from succeeding his elderly father as king

It was at very much at this time of the year — an early March Saturday — 87 years ago that Franklin D Roosevelt, as the 32nd president of the United States, gave in his inaugural address a warning. “Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is ... fear itself.”

A global stock rally was stopped in its tracks after new concerns flared that the coronavirus could spread significantly beyond the locked-down cities at the epicentre of the outbreak in China.

Some good news from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia! The star-studded European Tour Event, the Saudi International golf tournament, was won on Sunday afternoon by Graeme McDowell.

The new coronavirus will take a chunk out of China's oil demand. Producers must respond with an output cut.

It's October 2003. Saddam Hussein’s regime has fallen. For six months, Baghdad has been occupied by American forces.

Both countries cite historical aggression for their ongoing enmity, but there is no real justification for the hostility, beyond chest-beating, says Carl Bildt

The immigrant family in Cork facing in the midst of a deportation row have been told to present themselves again to immigration officials in just over a week.

A fifth-year pupil at a Cork school who has received a last-minute reprieve from deportation has spoken of his dream of playing cricket for Ireland.

We have little control over global events that threaten our energy security — so this State must take initiatives here at home, including cutting back on the energy we use, writes Paul Deane.

The US still imports the kind of crude pumped in Iraq and Saudi Arabia, and any disruption to the region’s oil exports would drive prices up at American pumps, writes Julian Lee.

The principle of a school where three Saudi-born children are to be deported has blasted the decision to remove them from the country as “immoral”.

"The removal of Hamza and his family from the state would put an end to their meaningful access to higher education."

There must — mustn’t there? — have been someone in the room who asked questions when the US president, Donald Trump, and his advisors met to discuss the proposal to kill Iran’s General Qassem Soleimani.

Epatante proved herself a mare out of the very top drawer with a hugely impressive display in the Ladbrokes Christmas Hurdle at Kempton.

Saudi Arabia’s state-run Al-Ekhbariya TV channel reported that three others were given prison sentences.

Rory McIlroy has ruled out competing at next month’s European Tour event in Saudi Arabia.

What to do with an unexpected €40,000?

Anthony Joshua has won his world heavyweight title rematch against Andy Ruiz Jr by unanimous decision in Saudi Arabia tonight.

Andy Ruiz Jr has been unable to park his taste for expensive cars, despite his father’s pleadings to stop wasting his money.

The gunman who killed three people, injuring many more at a naval base in Florida, US, was a military pilot from Saudi Arabia training in the US.

Andy Ruiz Jr’s life altered unimaginably on a balmy evening in Manhattan back in June but you would barely know it to speak to him.

An Irish entrepreneur is aiming to take the weight of the world off our shoulders by helping wearers of her weighted blanket get a better night’s sleep.

The venue allocation to stage the 2022 world championships in equestrian sport will be announced this coming Saturday during the 2019 FEI General Assembly which is being held in Moscow.

Scientists have detected the first ever recorded cases of a virus in horses in this country.

The brutal ‘reign’ of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of IS, self-proclaimed caliph, and the world’s most wanted man, has ended, write Ahmed Rasheed and Ahmed Aboulenein.

The current US administration’s staunch support of Israel could be an advantage in pressuring the beleaguered Palestinians to accept a deal, says French diplomat Gerard Araud.

Discrimination is a significant challenge that vulnerable Irish emigrants often experience when they return to Ireland, it has emerged.

While most non-proliferation and test-ban treaties remain, the 1987 intermediate range pact has collapsed and the 2015 Iran deal is on the brink, says Bennett Ramberg

To avert an environmental catastrophe, we need many more like her, writes Peter Singer

It may be just coincidental that as parts of the country were battered by Lorenzo yesterday Ireland’s rugby players made unexpectedly heavy weather of beating Russia in the tremendous heat and draining humidity in Kobe’s sweatbox to keep the World Cup dream alive.

Qatar’s economy looks far from top form as it wraps up a flurry of building projects for the 2022 World Cup.

Brexit and the global trade wars continue to pile on the pressure as Irish factories cut their output in September for the fourth month in a row and halted recruitment of new staff.

With Ireland on the list of 49 countries in which travellers will now be able to get tourist visas for Saudi Arabia, here are our tips for readers who can’t wait to get to the kingdom.

The challenges facing society in responding to climate change were brought into sharp relief by the focus on Brazil last week.